Tag: writing about your life
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I have been a rebel my entire life. In fact, my husband at times teases me for my resistance to authority, categorization and commitment. Mine is not the in-your-face rebellion that word brings to mind, it’s more of a subtle refusal to slip into any one category for people’s comfort. So, it would make sense…
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Ten years ago, I was a college graduate working my first real job during the country’s financial crisis. I was living back at home with my parents, nursing a fresh breakup and insecure. It was not the adulthood I had pictured during high school or college.
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David Sedaris is a national treasure. Over the past few years, I’ve grown fond of his writing. I like that he chronicles the day-to-day, the normal stuff. Sometimes I like to follow along his stories comparing them with my own life.
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Unfortunately, or fortunately, i’m interested in a lot. I dabble. I like writing books (and I’m working on one), I like blogging, I like creating videos… and a ton of other stuff. So, I struggle with consistency because as you can imagine, there’s pretty much no effin’ way to do all the above consistently all…
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Although the title of this post may suggest I’m not an advocate of storytelling while under the influence, that would be wrong. Actually, if you can stay focused on your message while drinking, we should probably meet and be friends. But for those of us who aren’t Hemingway…
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I’m in the process of publishing a book, a collection of essays from my twenties. As one of my favorite writer’s William Zinsser said, there are many reasons to write our story besides publication and fame. It’s therapeutic and we can leave it behind for our children to know who we were, to name a…